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more what they term "the heresies" of the reformers of our poesy[1]. To them I more particularly address the present work; and I request them to weigh with serious attention, on one hand, the advantages which the poet enjoys under the new regulations, in point of ease, emolument, and fame; and, on the other, the large quantity of pleasure[2], which has been
- ↑ "We wish we could entertain any tolerable hopes of converting him from the 'damnable heresies,' into which he has fallen, and to which, if he does not reform speedily, we fear his reputation will die a martyr."
Ed. Review of Southey's Curse of Kehama.
- ↑ The author of the Lyrical Ballads, who expected to please a great number, says, "The result has differed from my expectation in this only, that I have pleased a greater number than I ventured to hope I should please.
Preface to Lyrical Ballads.
